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62/237
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a dock lifte, a tool used for uprooting docks, a common pasture weed. Unlike thistles, which can be cut or bruised, docks must be uprooted to be destroyed.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 dock lifter: metal and wood; good condition: wood slightly curved
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'DOCK LIFTER // Cultivating - Weeding', MERL Recording form – 'How was it used // fitted to a wooden handle the prongs were pushed under the crown and the root was then levered upwards...'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4789.tif - High resolution image
